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W. E. ORUME.

PAPER REGEPTAOLE.

Patented Dec. 11 1888.

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W. E. ORUME.

PAPER REOEPTAGLE.

No. 394,158 Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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IVILLIAM E. CRUME, OF DAY"ON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE CRUME & SEFTONMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,158, dated December11, 1888.

Application filed August 15, 1888. $erial No. 282,819. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VlLLIAM E. CRUME, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper Receptacles, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in paper receptacles designed tocontain merchandise in either liquid or solid form, in which a sheet ofpaper or similar flexible material is folded by creasing it into arectangular bag or vessel with fiat bottom and sides, and the sidesextended up so as to be bent or folded toward one another at an obtuseangle to the sides, their edges being fastened together to close thereceptacle as in the n1anner familiar in the construct-ion oftravelingbags and the like. The upper portions of the ends are creasedinward or folded upon themselves to completely close the vessel.

The novel features of my invention will be more fully hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, like lettersre inesent identical parts in the various figures.

Figure 1 represents a single sheet of paper which has been formed into areceptacle and is flattened out, showing the creases used or produced infolding by dotted lines. 2 is a view in perspective of my improvedreceptacle closed and fastened and provided with a carryingbale. Fig. 3is a view in perspective of the receptacle open. Fig. 4.- is a view inperspective showing a modified form of the closed receptacle in whichthe upper parts of the ends are not folded in, but upon themselves toproduce an end wall, all in the same plane and unbroken. Fig. 5 is asimilar View to Fig. 4, showing the receptacle open. Fig. 6 is a sheetof paper flattened out, out, and creased to produce the form of receptacle shown in Figs. 4? and 5, with the unbroken ends.

In producing the vessel the sheet of paper is cut in the form shown andscored as indicated by the dotted lines to cause it to crease or fold asdesired. The four corners 5690 being then drawn upward and together andthe edges forced inward, the sheet is folded at the l scores, formingthe receptacle A, having a flat base or bottom and straight or fiatsides and ends. The flaps or folds formed by folding the sheet uponitself are all brought within 5 5 the vessel and folded against orparallel with .the sides, where they are fastened by the wire staples Borin any wellknown manner. These folds being thus arranged and fastenedgive the vessel greater stiffness and strength, and the folds or surpluspaper being folded inward leave the outside surface plane. This isimportant as producing a better appearance and providing a plane surfaceupon which to print or stamp upon the receptacle any matter which may bedesired. The upper portions of the sides are creased at C and pressed orbent toward one another, one of them being provided with anextension-flap, D, which is folded over the other, as seen in 2 and 4-,thus completely closing the top of the vessel. The upper portion of theends may be folded in two ways, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The creases GG may be made to come together at the edge of the paper, as in Fig. 1.hen the end extensions are folded in at an angle to the ends proper andbeneath the extensions of the sides, there is an exterior triangularrecess at each end of the box, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 53; but whenthe creases G I are carried to the edge of the end extension at adistance apart, as in Fig. ti, and the creases H H are provided, thenwhen the end extensions are folded inward the fold-lines of the centralportions meet the fold-lines at the ends of the side extensions in theplane of the end proper, as shown in Figs. 4: and 5, leaving the endsunbroken and all in the same plane, without the exterior triangularrecess.

In order to fasten the receptacle shut I provide, attached to the flap,a flexible strip or strips, K K, preferably of thin sheetnnetal, thoughany n1aterialsuch as tapes or strings-may be used. These strips K K may5 be passed through the side at the crease where it is joined to theflap 1), or through the flap D itself, and bent over and tied orfastened. Vhen the flap D is folded over the edge of strips K K arepassed under the staples B B and bent or secured by tying in anyconventhe opposite side, as in Figs. 2 and 4, these int way, thuseffectually closing and securing the vessel, the staples B B in thisconstruction of receptacle serving a double purpose to fasten the foldsto the sides and hold the receptacle in shape and to lock the lid. Thebail or handle may be provided in any convenient way or of any desiredmaterial. I prefer to use awire bail, M, the ends of which are passedinwardly through the side carrying the flap D at the crease or hingewhere the flap D joins the side as that becomes the apex of thereceptacle when closed, and then carried out to the ends of thereceptacle and bent up and around the lid or extended side, as shown atN. It thus provides a secure fastening and gives additional strength andstiffness in binding together the sides and the inner folds.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A paper receptacle having a cover integral with it and comprisingdefined extensions of the sides of the receptacle, which incline at anangle to the sides when brought together to close the receptacle, one ofthese sides being provided with an extension or flap to fold over theother to completely close the receptacle, and provided with means forsecurely fastening the same, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. A paper receptacle having a cover integral with it and comprisingdefined extensions of the unsevered sides of the receptacle, whichincline at an angle to the sides of the receptacle when brought togetherto close the receptacle, one of the sides being provided with anextension or flap to fold over the edge of the other side, incombination with the strips K K and staples 13 B, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

A receptacle formed of a single sheet of paper, the top consisting ofextensions of the sides folded together, the sides re-enforced by theinwardly-folded flaps, the cla1nping device l3, fastening the folds andthe sides together, and the lock or fastening of the cover engaging theclamping device, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A paper receptacle having a cover integral with it, and consisting ofthe extended sides of the receptacle folded together over theinwardly-folded ends, one of these sides provided with an extension orflap to fold over the other, and a handle, M, attached at the hinge orcrease, which becomes the apex of the vessel when closed, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

5. In a paper receptacle having a cover integral with it and comprisingdefined extensions of the sides of the receptacle, which incline at anangle to the sides of the receptacle when brought together to close thereceptacle, the end extensions having fold-lines and folded inward, sothat the fold-lines of the central portions meet the fold-lines at theends of the side extensions in the plane of the end proper,substantially as and for the purpose described.

\VILLIAM E. CRUME.

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